Voters queue to cast their ballots in the just ended by-elections. IEBC plans to register 18m voters/FILE
IEBC chairman Issack Hassan said a contract for the supply of 15,000 Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits was to be signed by the end of day on Tuesday.
The Canadian Commercial Corporation will provide the BVR kits at a cost of Sh6.2 billion (Euros 56 million).
“Our plans are that we commence the registration on October 11 for 30 days and we are confident of completing the entire process including cleaning up of the register in time for the March 2013 elections,” he said.
Hassan told Parliament’s Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) on Tuesday morning that officials from the State Law Office, the Treasury and the Ministry of Justice were ready to sign the contract.
He said that the other components of the contract were already signed between the Kenyan and Canadian governments and that the commission was within good time to complete the process ahead of the elections.
“We are now signing the contract on specifications. For instance, on the kind of laptop needed (and the) software that will be required,” he explained to the committee.
IEBC Chief Executive Officer James Oswago assured the nation that training for IEBC staff will be conducted with the first 2,000 kits ahead of the arrival of a further 5,000 kits within a fortnight.
He said that the Canadian government had also assured that the supplier will meet the tight deadlines for supply.
“Strictly speaking, you cannot have 15,000 kits within 14 days. We want an initial delivery of 2,000 kits for training, and as the training is going on, we get 5,000 kits before the end of the 14 days, and thereafter the remainder,” said Oswago.
“We are negotiating with the company but the Canadian government has consistently said in writing that it is their responsibility to ensure that the timelines agreed with the company are met and respected,” he added.
The signing of the contract is expected to bring to an end the BVR issue which had caused concerns over the fate of elections after IEBC cancelled the initial tender.
The move by the IEBC to cancel the BVR tender and revert to manual registration elicited widespread disapproval by Kenyans including political leadership, Parliament, the Executive and Civil Society.
After cancelling the BVR tender, IEBC intended to use the Optical Mark Reader which was utilised in the 2010 referendum.
However, the government, led by President Mwai Kibaki impressed upon the IEBC to revert to the use of BVR kits.
The government agreed that the kits will be procured in a government-to-government arrangement, in a move to ensure faster delivery in time for the March 2013 general election.
IEBC intends to register 18 million voters for the election.
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